[Clinical application of transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap reserving partial anterior sheath (TRAM-RPAS) in the one-stage breast reconstruction for patients with breast cancer].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical application of TRAM-RPAS flap in the one-stage breast reconstruction for patients with breast cancer, and to discuss the method to reduce the incidence of abdominal hernia and abdominal bulging.


METHODS
From 2002 to 2004, 16 cases of breast cancer (9 cases in stage I or II and 7 in stage III) received radical resection and breast reconstruction with TRAM-RPAS flaps at the same stage.


RESULTS
Good symmetry was achieved in 12 cases. In the other 4 cases, 3 cases had moderate breast poptosis and one case had breast hypoplasia on the unaffected side. All the flaps survived with only one case of abdominal bulging.


CONCLUSIONS
TRAM-RPAS flap can achieve the same result as traditional TRAM-RPAS flap in the one-stage breast reconstruction, while the incidence of abdominal complication is lower for TRAM-RPAS flap.
Liu
Xiao-Jiao
XJ
General Surgery Division of Surgery Department, NO. 1 Affiliated Hospital to Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, China.
Ye
Xiu-Di
XD
Wang
Cui
C
Yu
Yu-Sheng
YS
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017568:Rectus Abdominis / Q000637:transplantation*; D013524:Surgical Flaps